Far from Bashar

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Far from Bashar
FrenchLoin de Bachar
Directed byPascal Sanchez
Written byPascal Sanchez
Produced byNathalie Cloutier
StarringAdnan al-Mahamied
Basmah Issa
CinematographyPascal Sanchez
Edited byNatalie Lamoureux
Music bySerge Nakauchi Pelletier
Production
company
Release date
  • September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesArabic
French
English

Far from Bashar (French: Loin de Bachar) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Pascal Sanchez and released in 2020. The film profiles Adnan al-Mahamied and Basmah Issa, a married couple from Syria who have been living in Montreal since moving to Canada as refugees after participating in the uprisings against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.[1]

The film premiered on September 25, 2020, at the Cinémathèque québécoise.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ André Duchesne, "Loin de Bachar : la traversée des solitudes". La Presse, September 25, 2020.
  2. ^ Hugo Prévost, "Loin de Bachar, près du coeur". Pieuvre, September 24, 2020.

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